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Following are the top 10 countries with most cyber criminals that have expertise in hacking.
1. CHINA
Well, it is not a surprise to anyone. Ask any cyber professional and he would name China. Infact in order to gain superiority over other countries in cyberspace, China has promoted cyber security as a culture thereby having a fairly good cyber literacy among its educated youth. This has also led to an increase in cybercrime and rise in the number of cyber criminals. According to various estimates 41% of the world’s cyber attacks have their genesis in China. It is believed that organized hacker networks are run in China which are supported by People’s Liberation Army of China. The purpose is to mostly hack in U.S govt networks and those of its allies.
2. UNITED STATES
At the recent G20 summit, President of the United States Barack Obama said that U.S has the largest and the best cyber arsenal in the world. This might be actually true given the sophistication of cyber attacks allegedly carried out by U.S. Remember Stuxnet? Yeah, the same Trojan which was planted into Iranian Nuclear Power Plant to disrupt the centrifuges. As per various estimated, U.S accounts for nearly 10% of the world’s attack traffic. It is home to many famous and infamous hackers
3. TURKEY
Third place is taken by Turkey. In the global cyber attack traffic, Turkey takes a share of 4.7%. Turkish hackers have increased their activities in last decade or so.
4. RUSSIA
The latest DNC hack would place Russia on number 4th in the list. This hack has evoked fears of rigging of upcoming U.S Presidential elections by Russian hackers. As per estimates, nearly 4.3% of the global attack traffic is generated from Russia. Russian hackers are famous worldwide and have a knack for attacking most secure networks like those of Google, Facebook, and Apple.
5. TAIWAN
Small but not weak must be the motto of Taiwanese hackers. The little island located near China is quite a hub for hackers. It’s share in global cyber attacks in nearly 3.7%.
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1. CHINA
Well, it is not a surprise to anyone. Ask any cyber professional and he would name China. Infact in order to gain superiority over other countries in cyberspace, China has promoted cyber security as a culture thereby having a fairly good cyber literacy among its educated youth. This has also led to an increase in cybercrime and rise in the number of cyber criminals. According to various estimates 41% of the world’s cyber attacks have their genesis in China. It is believed that organized hacker networks are run in China which are supported by People’s Liberation Army of China. The purpose is to mostly hack in U.S govt networks and those of its allies.
2. UNITED STATES
At the recent G20 summit, President of the United States Barack Obama said that U.S has the largest and the best cyber arsenal in the world. This might be actually true given the sophistication of cyber attacks allegedly carried out by U.S. Remember Stuxnet? Yeah, the same Trojan which was planted into Iranian Nuclear Power Plant to disrupt the centrifuges. As per various estimated, U.S accounts for nearly 10% of the world’s attack traffic. It is home to many famous and infamous hackers
3. TURKEY
Third place is taken by Turkey. In the global cyber attack traffic, Turkey takes a share of 4.7%. Turkish hackers have increased their activities in last decade or so.
4. RUSSIA
The latest DNC hack would place Russia on number 4th in the list. This hack has evoked fears of rigging of upcoming U.S Presidential elections by Russian hackers. As per estimates, nearly 4.3% of the global attack traffic is generated from Russia. Russian hackers are famous worldwide and have a knack for attacking most secure networks like those of Google, Facebook, and Apple.
5. TAIWAN
Small but not weak must be the motto of Taiwanese hackers. The little island located near China is quite a hub for hackers. It’s share in global cyber attacks in nearly 3.7%.